Device for sharpening scissors



(No Model.)

S. R. FROIDEVEAUX.v DEVICE :PORv SHARPENING sclssoRs'..

` No. 464,354. Patented'DecI 1, 1.89'1.'

UNITED STATES SARAH REBECCA ERCIDEVEAUX,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR SHARPENING SCISSORS SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 464,354, dated December 1, 1891.

i Application filed September 30, 1891. Serial No. 407,353. (No model.)i

.T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH REBECCA FROI- DEVEAUX, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny andStateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Devices for Sharpening Scissors; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in thel art to which it appertains tomake and use the sam e,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for sharpeningcutlery, especially scissors.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and effectivedevice by means of which scissors can be readily and properly sharpened;and it consists of a base having a dovetailed recess with inclined sidesbeyond the same, said dovetaiied recess being adapted to retain a leconstructed for the' specific purpose of sharpening scissors, all aswill be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,Fig-ure l is a perspective View of a device for sharpening scissorsconstructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view.

A refers to a base of any suitable configuration, but made preferably ofhard metal. Centrally this base is provided with a dovetailed recess a,beyond which the walls ar oppositely inclined, as shown at a.

B refers to the file, the lower portion of which is shaped to fit snuglyand be retained within the dovetailed recess a, and beyond thedovetailed portion of this file the sides thereof are flared outwardlyand provided with teeth or cutting-surface for filing or sharpening thecutting-edges of the scissors.

In sharpening a pair of scissors the flat portion of one of the bladesthereof is placed against the upper flat surface of the baseplate andthe cuttinge'dge reciprocated against the file, theinclination of thesurface of which with respect to the base-plate being -such that theproper bevel will be given to said cutting-edge. It will be observedthat the filings will collect in the space formed between the inclinedwall a and the file, and by providing this space a Wire-edge may beremoved from the blade by placing the cutting-edge thereof into saidrecess and reciprocating the fiat portion against the tile.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for sharpening scissors, the combination of the base A, aile secured thereto and provided with a cutting face or faces at anacute angle with the top of the base, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH REBECCA FROIDEVEAUX.

Vitnesses:

THOMAS HARVEY, JOHN H. DANKs.

